- Submitted by
- Marcus Baranow
- Observations date
- Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 17:08
- Location
- 51.729660° N 116.472720° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
Comments
Did some snow pit work in the low alpine and skied a couple of laps down into treeline. Snowpack is highly variable for depth, two separate full profile pits had a difference of 30cm for HS and as you skinned around you could get down to 20cm in places. I would say the average is around 50cm for HS, with the deeper areas *maybe* getting close to 100cm.
We had sudden collapse failures on both crusts in the medium tap range. Crust depth is dependant on HS. The facets on the ground where firming/rounding out and less wet than on the 18th when we looked at them. You could still make a snowball out of them though.
Our skiing was good, didn't hit rocks and low ski pen thanks to the crusts and a bit of wind packed snow in the upper snowpack.